Deltocyathus tuberculatus Gerth 1923 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des JungtertiÃĪrs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136

Belongs to Deltocyathus according to H. Gerth 1923

Sister taxa: Deltocyathus australis, Deltocyathus complanatus, Deltocyathus fontinalis, Deltocyathus heteroclitus, Deltocyathus insperatus, Deltocyathus italicus, Deltocyathus lens, Deltocyathus stellaris, Deltocyathus taiwanicus, Deltocyathus verconis, Deltocyathus whitei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tanah Belang, Borneo, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tanah Belang, Borneo

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